EMI reduction by suppressing Q factor of total PDN with variable on-die capacitance and resistance

This paper shows a methodology to reduce electromagnetic radiation in typical CMOS digital systems from chip PDN design point of view. Total PDN property with anti-resonance peak can be strongly affected by on-die PDN property. Then, in order to suppress anti-resonance peak in total system PDN, design of chip PDN is more effective than off-chip damping method. Then, two similar test chips were designed and compared. One had a PDN whose on-die decoupling capacitance was variable, the other had a PDN whose on-die capacitance and resistance were both variable. This paper demonstrates effectiveness of on-die PDN properties to reduce electromagnetic radiation by comparing two test chips.